@urbankisses.bsky.social + all who notice what someone else did not x

Peace, love, bread, roses and solidarity to all (and hoping we are all able to weather and outlive this moment in a world run by ecocidal, genocidal, war-mongering, extinction capitalist imperialist psychos). We are many and they are few - even if right now they have all the guns.

"for lee krasner + jackson pollock, equal footing at th met krasner was typecast as th wife of th breakout artist of th abstract expressionist movement, no matter how renegade her own work. at th met this fall, she emerges from his giant shadow..." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/a...

"tracey emin on love, loss + getting out of 'my bed' ...a major new retrospective. since th artist was diagnosed w aggressive bladder cancer in 2020, a lot has changed in her life + work. a new show at tate modern examines [her] 'second life'..." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/a...

"nudist camp for sale th rise + fall of th florida naturist park in its heyday, th florida naturist park had an eclectic following [+ a] troubled past..." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/r...

this owl usually wears some sort of seasonal or sport gear. this current hat is not exactly a "melt th ice" hat, but my guess is that is th owner's intention knitting #stumped

Pup having a brief moment of mindfulness on this mornings walk. It didn't last long...

for fans of mid-century commercial illustration mostly european. subjects mostly travel, beer modernillustration.org

@leabysea.bsky.social on a completely different note... do you happen to remember midwest/mn utility tv advert that featured a "you are at th opera" look? late 1980s. to th tune of "ride of th valkyries," woman on stage sang : "welcome to winter in minnesota here is your fuel bill hahaha ha!" 🎶🎵x

Reclaiming my corner of the internet! #Photography Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison, "Kingdom".

*28 days later*

i absolutely love this idea!

"listers : a glimpse into extreme birdwatching" a 2-hour watch youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?... to @regretteruane.bsky.social who wrote a terrific book titled "birding" but her book is not about th same thing + to all who watch + feed birds via @austinkleon

Train window abstract (Caroline Collett)

itinerant potato head seller

hard-boiled diptych

An image of mine to go with a few lines from my #poem in this #US #Resistance book. "Where wild forget-me-nots bloomed yesterday, last night a thug pulled them up. He didn’t know. They’ve already seeded." #ICE #Survival #Trump Link to full text thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/2026/02/18/s...

@urbankisses.bsky.social 👋

Good evening

Grief and gratitude can exist in the same memory.🤍 #photography #Sedona #personaldevelopment

#SOTU #STFU th State Of Th Union is later tonight frankly, every president [perhaps politician] is full of ..it. am not totally jaded + cynical, but most pols fail to serve their constituents. pols may start out genuine but get into th system + fail. y'all likely need no proof on this... ugh rant

@collettwriter.bsky.social @urbankisses.bsky.social @leabysea.bsky.social @paulaflucas.bsky.social walked inside shop center this morning due to extreme cold, partially icy trails. noticed th clothing in nearly women's shop windows. doesn't bode well. everything looks like th 1970s [?] especially...

Notice each other. Take care out there, people. 📸: Portland, Oregon

otis redding motivational poster by jason lazarus ❤️

art/photos by michael pederson

nothing special in this photo [though i do like th twiggy shoots poking out through th snow] despite th 7 inches of new snow + cold, it felt really good to get outside today. twice!

. @remhq.bsky.social "'losing my religion' ...helped redefine what alternative rock could sound like on mainstream radio" + look like! still one of th best songs + videos i've heard + seen! youtu.be/xwtdhWltSIg?...

#minimalism #minimalismo .

Sorry, I know I bang on about this thing a lot, but my Paris 1919 book is currently 40% off (as part of a massive Bloomsbury sale), if you think you might be interested. www.bloomsbury.com/us/john-cale...

„This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.“ The Nation, 23. 3. 2015 Toni Morrison 🔥 * 18. 2. 1931

article on + photos by william eggleston www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... photos below are eggleston's taken off th internet, not th article [love me a bare bulb]

"it feels we made a mistake as a society" youtu.be/wLX_w0TtBpY?... [tx] "...duped by th system" youtu.be/jjkaYyysYhA?... [in] th videos above are only 2 of many informative + eye-opening videos this youtube channel presents. brace yourself horrifying, imo good morning! ☀️😬

This week's #myphotographiclife Substack is now out. I write about the most important photograph I've ever taken. open.substack.com/pub/jonbusca...

"th fight between carnival + lent" by pieter bruegel th elder [1559] ...

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massimo vignelli [ from th film "helvetica" (which is terrific) by @garyhustwit.bsky.social ]

happy valentine's day 🍓😽❤️🚬

"... i said, 'o, let's start second-floor-maxxing while we’re at th mall' ... + people in chat were just like, you’re such an idiot, dude, just say 'go upstairs.'" $100,000 a month... ?! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/s...

via naturalphilosy on x

action painting in progress or obligatory First Nice Day So I'm At Th Car Wash video... ?

via @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy on twitterx

This Is Just To Say I have eaten the delicious cooked ham that was in the cooked meat fridge at the local coop and which Lynn was probably saving for her husband Tony Forgive me it was delicious so local and so ham

"to love + be loved is to feel th sun from both sides" -- david viscott

Aretha Franklin is outside the Griffin Bar in Glasgow while a train passes by in the background (some of this might not have happened)

Life. L'enfant sauvage 1970 • François Truffaut

"I’m making this balloon which will hold the amount of air it would take to read the complete works of Jane Austen. It’s based on my body. I read, depending on the book, a page every two minutes..." #Sculpture #Art Meg Cranston, The Complete Works of Jane Austen (2014). #BookSky

“I did not see that coming” Me totally seeing it coming and ignoring it.